![]() ![]() The forces confronting Islamic State in Syria-which includes the United States and its allies in the Syrian opposition, the Syrian Assad regime and their Russian and Iranian supporters, as well as the Syrian Kurds-are scattered and internally fighting, which Islamic State could easily exploit to change the tide.The group’s number of fighters is at a record low, and it attracts only a quarter of the number of foreign jihadis that it used to. In the past two years, it has suffered heavy casualties and lost almost half of its territory, recently including strategic spots such as Palmyra in Syria and Ramadi in Iraq. Islamic State may be quietly losing the battle.8The Constitutional Vacuum in Iraqi Kurdistan. ![]()
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